Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Telecoms and Trading sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO), which rose 24.66% or 237.00 points to trade at 1198.00 at the close. Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) added 22.22% or 400.00 points to end at 2200.00 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 21.15% or 4.80 points to 27.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 24.84% or 565.00 points to trade at 1710.00 in late trade. Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) declined 18.37% or 10.80 points to end at 48.00 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) shed 17.99% or 269.90 points to 1230.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 117 to 98 and 23 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.37% or 0.14 to $36.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.41% or 0.15 to hit $36.77 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.40 to trade at $1068.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.01% to 214.065, while USD/LKR rose 0.04% to 143.740.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 98.05.